Shearwater is a 2003 First 27.7 in the UK (Bangor) she looks a nice boat that seems to have nearly everything I want plus maybe even a few Ooh I’d like that. She is a lifting keel version that I like the idea of as it means I can trailer her as well as winter store her at ours!

First look she looks tidy but that could be good photography but only has one battery which isn’t so good but the provisions are there to add another i.e. Box space and isolation switches. This said she doesn’t actually have much electrical draw as she doesn’t have a fridge (just coolbox!) a Garmin 128 GPS which is okay but isn’t really what I would want to bring her home! She does however have Raymarine wind, speed and depth in the cockpit a Simrad DSC VHF which isn’t bad but I will need AIS and the easiest way would appear to hot-swap out the radio which is a shame but better than getting a standalone AIS and then being able to display it – bare in mind this is only a real necessity for the delivery home once in Cyprus it isn’t going to be really used! It does have a Simrad 20 tiller pilot but again I would probably need to something bigger for the main delivery trip!

Initial thoughts are good but some things need to be thought through before we actually purchase so stay tuned as I start running though my thoughts!